WHY

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CLUB ACCREDITATION

• WHY?
• Need for accepted standards
• Need for joined up approach to development
• No previous recognizable quality mark for
  children / parents / teachers / SDOs
• The first club sport experience could be the last
• Concerns over safety
• Increasing role of sports clubs i.e. health,
  social inclusion, crime reduction

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CLUB ACCREDITATION

• WHAT?
• A number of NGBs have their own accreditation
  schemes
• RFU Seal of Approval
• EBBA 5 Star
• ASA Swim 21

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CLUB ACCREDITATION

• Within these schemes are a set of core criteria
• established by Sport England in partnership with
  NGBs
• supported by the NSPCC, Child Protection in Sport
  Unit (CPSU) sports coach UK

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• a cross-sport national quality accreditation
  scheme for sports clubs working with children and
  young people
• enables parents / carers, schools and sports
  professionals to recognise an accredited club
  through common branding
• SAFE, EFFECTIVE CHILD-FRIENDLY

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• Duty of Care Child Protection
• Reporting and emergency procedures
• Registration
• Training
• Sports Equity Ethics
• Constitution
• Club rules / codes of conduct
• Training

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• Coaching Competition
• Playercoach ratios
• Coaching qualifications
• Competitive structures and opportunity
• Club Management
• Insurance
• NGB affiliation
• Club links
• Communication with parents
• Action Planning

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• HOW? THE PROCESS
• Audit where are we now in relation to
  established criteria?
• Action Plan
• What actions need to be completed?
• Prioritisation timescales
• Who will be responsible?
• What support is needed?
• Completion of evidence file and submission to NGB

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• SUPPORT
• Resource file including templates (i.e.
  constitution, codes of conduct etc) and advice
• Officer support NGB, LA, Active Sports
• Child Protection in Sport Unit
• VIP Network
• Running Sport workshops funding available from
  Active Sports
• Clubs supporting clubs

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• BENEFITS - CLUB
• Public recognition in the local community
• Improved policies and procedures
• A more efficient and effective club
• Increased membership
• Retention of players and volunteers
• Professional support

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• BENEFITS CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE
• A focus on their participation and welfare
• A quality experience in terms of training and
  competition
• A safe, friendly experience where people
  understand and cater for their needs

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• BENEFITS LOCAL AUTHORITY COMMUNITY
• Network of better clubs committed to youth
  schemes
• Satisfied local people (and parents) getting a
  quality sporting experience
• Targeting of resources
• National standards to measure performance against
• Help in ensuring clubs to understand their equity
  and inclusion responsibilities joint working to
  cater for the needs of the whole community

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THE FUTURE

• 450 million investment in school sport clubs
  have a key role in delivery and as an exit route
• Coaching Task Force investment in developing
  coaches more and better coaches feeding through
  to the club environment
• Targeting of resources to accredited clubs
  partnerships aimed at achieving joint goals
• Wider club development i.e. player pathways and
  facility development